Place:High Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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High Catton is a village and former civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the market town of Pocklington and about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Stamford Bridge. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the River Derwent.

Historically, High Catton was in the ecclesiastical parish of Catton (near Pocklington) in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, High Catton was a civil parish in Pocklington Rural District. In 1935 High Catton and Low Catton merged to form the civil parish of Catton (near Pocklington).

Research Tips

• http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Lowcatton/more.html GENUKI] on High Catton. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of LCatton (near Pocklington) provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Catton (the entry for High Catton, Low Catton and Catton is combined).
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.